#BB99D7#BB99D7

#BB99D7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.095 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB99D7
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 215)
HSL	hsl(273, 44%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 29%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 28.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 24.26, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 36.21, 312.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.0599 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.095 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1483, 38.2540, 69.3348)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB99D7 #B5D799

analogous

#9C99D7 #BB99D7 #D799D4

triadic

#BB99D7 #D7BB99 #99D7BB

tetradic

#BB99D7 #D79C99 #B5D799 #99D4D7

square

#BB99D7 #D79C99 #B5D799 #99D4D7

split-complementary

#BB99D7 #D4D799 #99D79C

monochromatic

#8045B0 #9E6DC6 #BB99D7 #D8C5E8 #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BB99D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BB99D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB99D7

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB99D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB99D7	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb99d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.095 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7e3',
    500: '#bb99d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb99d7;
$custom-light: #d0b7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb99d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.903,
    "s": 43.662,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73542,
    "c": 0.0949,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB99D7

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B72F6C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB99D7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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